2-year-old allegedly tests positive for fentanyl; mom charged


2-year-old allegedly tests positive for fentanyl; mom charged

The South Carolina mother faces charges after a 2-year-old tested positive for fentanyl.

Destiny Raiquanna Keitt, 23, was charged with one count each of unlawful conduct toward a child and simple possession of marijuana.

Keitt called police to her apartment at 4 p.m. Dec. 7.

She allegedly told officers that she didn't have her 2-year-old in her sight for about 10 minutes as she prepared a bath, according to the incident report.

A friend told her that her 2-year-old son would not wake up.

She went to her son and saw his eyes "rolled back in his head" with labored breathing, the report states.

She told police she tried to wake her son for 10 minutes before she called them.

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Officers allegedly discovered "signs of marijuana being smoked in the home," the report states.

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An officer wrote, "I observed several empty cigar packs with an ashtray in Ms. Keitt's bed that contained partial marijuana cigarettes. There was also burn marks on the headrest of the bed."

Keitt denied having any narcotics in the apartment.

There were several people going in and out of the apartment when officers arrived, the report states.

Orangeburg County EMS took the 2-year-old to MUSC Health-Orangeburg.

The toddler became alert after first responders administered Narcan, the report states.

The Orangeburg Department of Public Safety charged Keitt on Aug. 27.

If Keitt is convicted, she faces a court fine and up to 10 years in prison.

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